About the day » Tuesday December 12, 1944Calender converter

• James Franklin Cook, Lima, Allen Co.Ohio († 2004)
• Alvin Edward Cogdill, Humphreys, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1945)
• Jerry Dean Bakker, Lennox, Lincoln County, Iowa († 2020)
• Frans Blom († 1975)
• Irene Johanna Beekink, 's-Gravenhage,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Fraaije, Ammerzoden
• Irmgard Karina Caron, Den Helder (NL) († 1944)
• Janny Roelfina Maria Saathof, Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1944)
• Cornelis Hermanus Overmeijer, Alkmaar († 2000)
• Everett CRAM, Millinocket, Penobscot, Maine, UA († 2015)

• Aaltje van de Velde (60), Utrecht
• Napija (74), Batavia,, Nederlands-Indië
• Albertus Everardus van der Veen (28), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonie de Vos (78), IJzendijke (Sluis), Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Ottevanger (39), Almkerk
• Adrianus Kapteyn (24), Neuengamme,,Hamburg,Germany
• Adrianus Linders (78), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alijda Cornelia van Schalkwijk (33), Laren (NH, NLD)
• Adrianus KAPTEIJN (24), Neuengamme (BRD)
• Albertus Theunis (20), Frankfurt am Main, DE

• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1940 » Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Agriculture
• 1941 » César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1943 » Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer († 1999)
• 1945 » Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer († 1997)
• 1947 » Chris Mullin, English journalist and politician
• 1948 » Colin Todd, English football player and coach
• 1949 » Bill Nighy, English actor
• 1949 » Marc Ravalomanana, Malagasy businessman and politician, President of Madagascar
• 1950 » Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican journalist

• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1941 » César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Robert
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Adrianus
15. Antonius
16. Peter

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
15. Grietje
16. Aaltje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
• April 26 » Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete.
• June 20 » Continuation War: The Soviet Union demands an unconditional surrender from Finland during the beginning of partially successful Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive. The Finnish government refuses.
• June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
• August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
• September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
• November 16 » World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.

The temperature on December 12, 1944 was between 0.8 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 15.8 mm of rain during 8.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.